MARATWADA MITRA MANDAL’S

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE,202/A,
DECCAN GYMKHANA,
PUNE – 411004

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Marathwada Mitra Mandal’s,
College of Commerce, 202/A, Deccan
Gymkhana. Pune-411001. Savitribai Phule Pune
University.
2020 – 2021
PROJECT ON : INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSE
MANAGEMENT

SUBMITTED BY – HARSHADA JATHAR

Under the guidance of, Principal,

Dr. Kalpana Vaidya. Dr. Devidas Golhar.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I want to acknowledge the guidance and support of
everyone who helped me for the accomplishment of
the project.
It was a great pleasure for us to undertake this
project. We feel highly creative doing this project
entitled –
WAREHOUSE PROJECT ( Software)
I would extend our deepest gratitude to our project
guide Respected Dr. Kalpana Vaiday faculty of
Business exposure. This Project would not have
been completed without their emerus help and what
the experience. Whenever we were in need they
were behind us
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to
the Principal Dr. Devidas Golhar to give us the
wonderful project and increase our knowledge and
key skill.
Although this project has been prepared with all
most care and deep routed interest even then we
accept respondent and imperfection.

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 DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the project entitled
Warehouse Project ( Software) in the practical
fulfilment of the course curriculum of the Degree
of Bachelor of Business Administration
(International Business ) from the Marathwada
Mitra Mandal College of Commerce Pune.
The work to make this project is done absolutely
through my own efforts and Authentic to best of
my knowledge under the guidance of Dr.
Kalpana Vaiday.

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 INDEX

Title Page no.

1. Report on Software
Companies
• Netsuite 5-28
• Fishbowl Inventory 29-41
• SAP
• Sage 42- 60
61-74
2. Google form – Survey 75
of Shopkeepers in
nearby locality.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT
This is a report consists of four software developer
which will help any business organisation differ with
size and shape for ERP and CRM for development of
organization with web-based technology . Apart from
that this project consist of a Google form i.e a survey
of the shopkeepers in surrounding locality.
Here is the report ahead. This report consists of
answers of various questions such as : Which are the
software developer companies? What are strengths,
weakness and Opportunities they provide? What are
the objectives and purpose for the development of the
software? How they help various business units and
organization with excellent services? Apart from this
question one can also get information about the ,
Customers using this software, Review of the software,
Changes needed to be done in the software, Various
inventions companies can have for increase in there
Customers and make the graph grow in upcoming era.
This project also consists of Survey of the Shopkeepers
and there responses for guidelines to the youth who is

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looking for the start-up. One can look at the response
and get knowledge to enhance there skills and build
there own organization and Business.

Report No. 1 = NETSUITE

ORACLE

INTRODUCTION
What is NetSuite ?
NetSuite is an online service company that enables various
companies to manage all key business processes in a single
system. The service involves no hardware, no large and upfront
license fee, no maintenance fees associated with hardware or
software, and no complex set ups.
Companies use NetSuite for enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and to manage inventory, track their financials, host e-
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management (CRM) systems. This flexible platform can be
applied to a range of business applications.
Many companies are turning to the cloud for delivery of their
business system to lower their operating costs and strengthen
their competitive advantage.
NetSuite is a lot of things. NetSuite is not just the software,
but also a standalone company as well. This is, until they were
acquired by Oracle. At the core it’s a business management
system. It can be used to run all aspects of our business.
NetSuite features robust reporting and dashboarding
capabilities. Most of our data can be shown in a highly visual
way. This allows we to easily see what’s going on, at a glance.
Because it’s interactive, we can drill down into more specific
issues we may have. This allows us to discover the root cause of
small problems, before they become big problems.
The system is setup to handle work management through
activities. These include tasks, phone calls, events and
calendaring. It can also integrate with third party calendaring
software, such as Microsoft Outlook and Google Apps, using
extensions or integration tools. The system is feature rich, with
tools to manage employees as well.

NetSuite can handle managing our own warehouses. Or we can

use it to provide data to third party logistics warehouses, often
referred to as 3PLs. It can handle manufacturing management,

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jobs, assemblies and builds, and process tracking. And there is
so much more that listing it all would be exhausting.
In addition to all of this, if we need a more custom solution, that
can be provided too. There are a host of third party companies,
who provide solutions, that connect to NetSuite. Most of the
time we can find just what we are looking for. Additionally, the
system is extremely customizable, allowing us to change
everything, from the look and feel of the interface, down to how
transactions flow through it. We can change how forms, fields,
records, and almost any part of the system behaves. Aa
developer, can relatively easily add custom code to it, through
workflows and scripts. This code can be as simple as a few
lines, to make minor changes, or as complex as we want to make
it. We can even write entire applications inside the system.
Best of all the scripting is all done with JavaScript. This means
most developers can pickup on the interfaces NetSuite provides,
which they refer to as SuiteScript, very quickly and easily.
And, there is thorough documentation to help move things
along.

NetSuite is that it all runs on hosted servers. The buzzwords are

“In the Cloud”. Basically this means, that we don’t have to
worry nearly as much about backup and security, connectivity,
system validation and testing, provisioning, upgrades, or any
of the other things that typically go along with a large business
application such as this. Being browser based means that we
can use it anywhere we have an internet connection.

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At its core, NetSuite, and really any large business system is a
communications tool, first and foremost. This is a definition
that we might not expect, but when we think about it for a
moment it becomes perfectly accurate. If we are entering
purchase requisitions, we are communicating to purchasing
manager, accounting department, or other co-workers, that we
will be, or need to, purchase something. If we enter a work
order or service request, we are communicating that there is a
problem with a particular product or service. If we are entering
information for just about any reason, we are communicating
with someone, and this could include communicating with
future self. The reason people don’t think of NetSuite as a
communications tool though, is because the communication is
well structured. This is as opposed to unstructured
communication in email, Slack, Reddit, and of course Google
and Facebook. It’s this well structured aspect that makes it such
a great business tool.

HISTORY OF NETSUITE

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NetSuite was started by Evan Goldberg, with funding provided
by Larry Ellison. As NetSuite grew it increased headcount. Jim
McGeever was brought on early in 2000 as the CFO to help
with finances and growth. Zach Nelson was brought on to fill
the critical role of CEO at the growing company in 2002, and
also has strong ties back to Oracle. He stayed with the company
all the way through its acquisition by Oracle in 2016. Jim and
Evan still work for the NetSuite division of Oracle as of 2018.

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 With this leadership team, NetSuite went
public in 2007 and began a major growth
initiative. This included growth due to
internal hiring, a deeper code base and more
functionality, and customer growth. Lots
and lots of customer growth.
One of the first things NetSuite did after
going public was to work on and release
OneWorld. OneWorld is their largest enterprise product, and
it allows a single company to have multiple business units. Each
of these business units get their own pseudo instance of NetSuite.
The instances all roll up to a parent company, but in this way, the
largest businesses can break out their business units into
subsidiaries. Some of the information and settings are shared
between business units, and some is not.

A few years after OneWorld was released, NetSuite also created

an edition of the software called NetSuite CRM. Not
surprisingly it focused almost entirely on the CRM or Customer
Relationship Management space. This edition is setup to be a
lower cost entry point for the system. The CRM edition is also
designed to be an entry point that can be implemented by a
department other than finance or accounting.
Aside from the different editions that have been created. The
NetSuite software has also grown over the years to include lots
of increased functionality. This can be seen in modules such as

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Advanced Billing, Light Manufacturing, and Suite Commerce.
Each of which add functionality that is new to the system.
Much like other tech companies, NetSuite has also expanded
through acquisitions. In 2008, not too long after their IPO, they
purchased OpenAir, which helped to fill out their project
management capabilities. They also purchased TribeHR, in
2013, in order to provide a complete human resources and
people management solution. A couple of years later they
purchased Bronto software, which allowed them to integrate
robust marketing capabilities into the system. These are just a
few of the more high profile acquisitions, there are many more.
Later in 2016, NetSuite itself was acquired by Oracle, in a
multi-billion dollar deal.
In addition to all of this expansion, NetSuite has had to expand
their physical footprint, in terms of both offices and datacenters.
They currently run dozens of offices around the world, and have
six datacenters.

The truth is, that NetSuite as a company has a rich history of

expansion and growth.

Objectives of Netsuite
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Understanding all the objectives of Netsuite here are
some of them:
• Modernize Business Process and system: Netsuite
enables organization to come across modern business
process of implementation. It allows organization to
upcome with new technologies and work with in.
• Automated Business services: Organization can automate
there business through the medium of f Netsuite. All the
data can be regulated and operated automatically.
• Utilize a complete web system: Earlier in every business
type implementation were undertaken in traditional forms.
Handling of data, inventories , records were undertaken in
traditional way. Netsuite helps the organisation to come
across web system. It is the internet connection which one
needs to operate the software.
• Empower users with more control over system
functions, services and schedule: As the main functions
of NetSuite is cloud computing of data it empower users to
have high control over the system they use the services they
provide. It also helps users for planning , organizing,
scheduling the data in accurate form.
• To enable the organization to provide it’s customer
more value added services: Customer can be beneficial by
there 24 hrs service. Netsuite enables the organization to
use the software for 24/7 and also help in mobility factor
which means it can be used anywhere , anytime.

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 Purpose of Netsuite
Following are the purpose of the Netsuite:
• Insights in real time : This system keeps updated in real
time which helps in a faster decision making process.
None of the things need to be maintained manually. The
data can be accessed needless of time zones and places.
• Offers complete mobility: The system is such that you
can access it anytime, anywhere regardless of the devices.
Mobility will also help in expanding your business. It will
also help the business to run in an efficiently.
• Cost Management: One of the purpose behind finding this
software is it reduces the cost of the management. This one
source is accurate, in real-time and helps in reducing the
operation costs. If the right solution is selected by you and
the right vendor too who are able to meet your needs then
you are bound to see a powerful ROI.
• Security: One should be not worrying about their data once
you have an ERP in place. The purpose behind developing
this new system was to help in improving the accuracy,
consistency and the security of the data with the help of the
built-in resources and the firewalls. The restrictions of
data will be enhanced by managers of the solution so that
the software can be as secured as you want it to be.
• Integrate departments: There are many departments in
organization like HR , finance , marketing etc. to keep the
integrate the various departments of the organization on
same platform to have knowledge about different aspects of

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 the organization and to know needs of the organization
NetSuite developed different software to integrate the
department and have a combined knowledge about where
exactly the organization staging at.

Methodology
• Secondary data source was used to collect all the
information needed for the project/report.
• Majority of data was collected from web pages and reading
various blogs available on the internet.
• One of the medium for data collection was YouTube too.
• Reading different E-books available on the internet was
another source of data collection.
• Guidelines from the Report Guide was used to reach the
information.
• Information was also added by visiting there main website.
• Discussion with classmates was also one of the method
used to arrange all the information in a systematic way.

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Here is some information about
Netsuite as a software developer
company.
Industries using NetSuite :There are many
industries which use Netsuite few of them are as
follows:

• Advertising and digital Marketing Agencies

• Retail

• IT services

• Wholesale

• Software and technology companies

• Transportation and logistics

• Supply chain management and warehouse

• Non profit organization

• Consulting

• Education

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Services provided by Netsuite : Following are the
services which Netsuite provides there users:

Industry expertise: Netsuite helps an industry to get expertise

in many ways such as Advertising and marketing agencies,
manufacturing, Media and publishing , wholesale distribution
etc.

Professional services: Netsuite professional services provides a

variety of offering to best suite the unique business models
which comprises of suite success, packaged services, global
distribution of products etc.

Educational services: Education Services provides a diversity

of packages and resources that will empower users with the
knowledge and skills they need to make their jobs easier,
increase productivity and optimize your solution. From expert-
led training to user adoption solutions to certification
opportunities—Education Services provides the resources you
need, when you need them.

Support services: Apart form different services provided by

Netsuite one of them is Support services too. It enables
organization to help or support with the software they are using .
User get support services with the help of Netsuite.

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Software Package Provided By NetSuite
NetSuite CRM and NetSuite ERP are the two standard software
packages that are offered by NetSuite. These packages include a wide
range of features that are beneficial for nearly any company.

For example, NetSuite ERP has all of the following features:

• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• General Ledger
• Multi-Currency and Multi-Language
• Item and Basic Inventory Management
• Project Management
• Bank Management & Reconciliations,
• Purchasing
• Employee Center
• Acceptance of Credit Cards, ACH, and EFT
• Order Management
NetSuite CRM has all of the following features:

• Sales Force Automation / Opportunity Management

• Marketing Automation
• Partner Relationship Management
• Case Management/Customer Service Management
However, while NetSuite ERP and NetSuite CRM are very useful, every
company has unique needs and these two packages are often not enough
by themselves to satisfy every need that companies have. For this
reason, NetSuite offers modules which contain software to help
businesses with functions beyond what the standard offerings can help
with.

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Complete List of NetSuite Modules
E-commerce & Retail Management Modules
• SuiteCommerce Standard
• Advanced Order Management
• SuiteCommerce Advanced
• SuiteCommerce InStore (Point of
Sale)
NetSuite Services Resource Planning
(SRP) Modules
• Resource Allocation
• OpenAir
• Job Costing
• Project Management
Human Capital Management (HCM) Modules
• Premier Payroll Service
• SuitePeople
Financial Management Modules
• Fixed Assets
• OneWorld
• Multibook Accounting
• Advanced Financials
• SuiteBilling
• Advanced Revenue Management
• Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS)
• Inventory & Manufacturing Management Modules
• Advanced Inventory
• Advanced Manufacturing

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• Work Orders & Assemblies
• Advanced Procurement
• Warehouse Management (WMS)
• Manufacturing WIP & Routing
• Demand Planning

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DEMO OF NETSUITE SOFTWARE

How to use NetSuite Software?

NetSuite software allow to have a trial of there software. The

trial consist of 14 days period. One can use the NetSuite trial to
evaluate how NetSuite works and to know the visual demo of
the software. There is an easy way to use the software by
visiting a website. Given below is the NetSuite software demo
were u can have the demonstration of NetSuite which will help
you to decide whether NetSuite is a good software for your type
of business or not. Have a look at the following link below.
Remember this is a third-party website which provides the
demo. We can get demonstration through may ways one of them
is below.
https://gurussolutions.com/free-netsuite-trial
One can register here and use the NetSuite services to know the
exact software workings. All the detail information is given on
the website mentioned above. Once one get registered they call
and guide about it. They suggest about the best software for our
organisation.

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SWOT ANALYSIS ON NETSUITE
Strengths:
1. 100% cloud based: This is biggest strength of NetSuite i.e it
provides cloud based software to the clients.
2. Designed for remote access: NetSuite is designed is
remotely accessible . It includes very simple and easy method
to use. One learn NetSuite software very easily within a less
span of time.
3. Pricing approach: Also worth mentioning is the modular
approach of NetSuite. Essentially, it enables users to select
and license only the modules they need. This empowers the
user and reduces costs.
4. Fastest Implementation: As compared to other Companies
software NetSuite provides very fast implementation. There
are other software which are good to use but don’t have high
speed to implement the program whereas NetSuite is excellent
in fast implementation
5. Accelerated growth: With the help of this integrated
software there can be an expansion to multiple locations and
there can be additional sales channels which can be done
faster because of the unified order and the accounting
management processes and data. It also helps the company for
upsell and cross-sell for better efficiency for the existing
customers for an improved visibility.
6. Improves visibility: To take decisions it is important to have
a real-time visibility. Due to this information can be accessed

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 from anywhere and anytime without wasting the resources on
the data extraction. This has made all the processes accurate
and faster.
7. Customizations : The primary feature of Netsuite is its
mobility. It can be customized according to the needs of the
businesses. Users can easily customize their forms, fields, and
records very easily. With Netsuite customizations,
organizations can build new functionalities, workflows, and
process business demands accordingly to the exact business
needs of the users.
Weakness:
1. Fully dependent on Internet connection: As everything is a
cloud based software it works on Internet connection. A loss
of Internet connection can result into delay in the output.
2. Customizations Require Proper Maintenance and
Constant Support: The customization process is highly
sophisticated. This demands for proper maintenance and
support from Netsuite service providers. NetSuite
partners make sure that it does not become a burden for
you. They provide a source of additional support without
any delay. Usual customizations wouldn't be involved in
this. This only happens while the company looks for a more
complex and sophisticated set of customizations.
3. Subscription cost : As the system resides on the cloud
platform, Netsuite is having yearly subscription patterns for
the number of users and accounts. As the number of users and
accounts increases which also causes the increase of ERP

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 maintenance cost. However, compared to the future results
and expenses on conventional methods this expenditure is
worth investing.

Opportunities:
1. Improved Inventory Monitoring: A major challenge for
growing companies is tracking and monitoring their
expanding inventory levels. NetSuite ERP utilizes barcoding,
RFID tags and serial numbers to keep tabs on your inventory
at every stage during the supply chain. These tools help you
keep track of inventory levels at different warehouses, which
items are in transportation and which items are on the shelves
ready for consumers. The increased warehouse visibility
optimizes the pick, pack and ship process greatly, removing
all the guesswork
2. Happier customers: The best way to improve customer
satisfaction is to provide client-centered goods and services.
NetSuite ERP provides this in a few different ways. First,
most ERP are equipped with a customer relationship
management (CRM) tool or can be easily integrated with one.
With an ERP, your CRM has access to data across business
functions. Along with contact information, an integrated
CRM can show you details such as order history and billing
information. This enables your team to see clients more
holistically to gain a better understanding of their wants and
needs. The increased customer visibility helps you formulate
sales strategy for improved lead generation. This is the
opportunity handed with the use of NetSuite software

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3. Advancement in the softwares : There is always a need of
innovative technologies in the market. NetSuite as a software
developer company keeps in mind to advance the softwares
now and then. Hereby if the customer use Netsuite software it
profits the customer with the advancement in the software
which simultaneously help the organization development with
new technologies.
Threats:
1. Automatic Trust: Netsuite Cloud ERP systems are becoming
increasingly popular. This means that any data that you
choose to enter into the system isn’t stored locally, but is
instead stored by a third party cloud hosting service. There are
a number of advantages to cloud ERP; they can mean much
less work for your IT department, freeing them up for more
profitable tasks, they can save you money, and it’s less drain
on your internal networks. However, there is a slight
downside, and that’s the need to place 100 percent of our ERP
system security into someone else’s hands. Businesses need to
have peace of mind that their data is safe.
2. Delayed Updates: It’s reported that a whopping 87 percent of
business computers feature outdated software, including ERP
systems which are not up-to-date. If your version is currently
unsupported, it can make it difficult to rectify any issues, such
as crashes. More importantly, it leaves your business
vulnerable to risk. Updates happen for a reason; sometimes to
introduce new features, but mostly to address weaknesses that
have been identified in the software. The world of cybercrime

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 is changing constantly, and hackers are finding ways to get
around even the latest of measures. That’s why installing
updates as soon as possible is vital.

Finding and conclusion of the

software:
▪ Where is it used ?
NetSuite, a software trusted by over 40,000 organizations and
has been efficient to enter the new markets quickly and
effectively. It best fits for all fast-growing businesses of every
size, every role, industry, and software. The leading provider of
cloud-based ERP/Financials provider is designed to help global
enterprises meet their regulations, complex functionalities,
regulatory and tax requirements. The advantages that NetSuite
ERP offers are that it has built-in-flexibility to adapt as and
when your business changes. The Business Intelligence in
NetSuite ERP is free for all that is designed for all modern
companies and is commerce ready making it helpful for the
NetSuite clients.
The software provides solutions for businesses of every size,
every industry, and every role. NetSuite users manage inventory
within ERP to keep track of finances, hosts eCommerce stores
and maintains CRM systems. This is engineered to scale and
grow with businesses as they streamline mission-critical
processes. NetSuite here allows users to continue focusing on

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what they do best to react confidently to new market
opportunities.
Some well-known companies who use NetSuite are Siemens,
Brillio, Cheran Foundation Trust, Scoot, Tableau Software,
AyurVAID and more.

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▪ Netsuite for any size of business
organisation

NetSuite meets the

evolving business
requirements of
companies of all sizes,
at every stage of
growth. It is the No. 1
choice to run
financials/ERP, CRM
and ecommerce
applications in the
cloud.
From start-ups and midmarket businesses, to large multi-
national enterprises, NetSuite empowers modern businesses,
both private and public, to unlock their growth potential. The
cloud-based solution streamlines mission critical processes and

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reduces IT costs, allowing easily scale and future-proof our
business with an agile business platform that evolves as our
needs change, regardless of size. Evolve, keep pace and grow
with a fully up-to-date IT environment geared for innovation,
scale and business transformation.
Scale up, spin-off, acquire new businesses, launch new business
models— NetSuite supports at every stage of growth and
evolution with a flexible, scalable platform built for the modern-
day business environment.

▪ Different additions one can think of are

as follows:
• As mentioned above in the weakness section of Netsuite
company they firstly should upcome all the weakness and
drawbacks which many organisations and the users face while
implementing the software.
• Netsuite users often complaint about its outdated interface
that is neither engaging nor easy to use. This leads to increase
training cost and sales process that’s much less then efficient
that it could potentially be. Netsuite here can make some
changes in there software so that the users may not face the
same issue.
• If thinking about the edition Netsuite can allow there users is
they can work some how in offline mode. So that it will make
things easier for there Customers as well it would differentiate
them from there competitors. Not all the things can work
offline but few things may work on offline basis.

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• Additional to this edition they can also have a new technology
name as Chat Box. Chat box is a function which enables the
user to solve there issues and queries. User can easily type
there issues or difficulty in the chat box, and chat box will
help and clear it. It would be there online assistant who
would help them to resolve there issues with chatting in the
box
• There are many applications provided by Netsuite for there
Customers such as Accounting & Financial Management ,
Revenue management and many more are there. But apart
from all this function they can also add Advertising and
Market Guidelines Software. This software will enable the
organization or the users to help in many ways. They are as
follows:
1. Advertisement Software : Advertising software will
enable the users to design the layout needed for
advertisement . It can provide various layout and various
methods to advertise the product of there Business.
2. Market Guidelines Software: Market Guideline
software will help the user to have complete knowledge
about the markets. Aspects like competitors, customers
liking and many more things can be easily understood
through this software
3. It is very important to have knowledge about the
competitors and preference of customers. Netsuite as an
ERP software can also provide this two additional
software which will help the organization for there
growth and development.

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 • These were some edition which I personally think Netsuite
as an ERP company should develop.
Having a detailed study about Netsuite and looking at the
pros and cons of the company I can conclude that Netsuite
comprise of good software to have there ERP and CRM .
One can get Netsuite software and use it for there
organization in different aspects. Looking at the reviews of
the customer Netsuite is good software for the growth and
development of any type of organization. Then to one can
study and choose by there own.

▪ Here is an Overall Rating of Oracle

Netsuite :

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 • Having a look at
the rating Oracle
Netsuite ERP have
the rating of 4.8/5
which is a very great
success.
• It can be seen that
users using various
software of NetSuite
are happy with the
features of NetSuite.
• They say it is also
easy to use and value
for money
• Customers support
according to the user
is also good.

There after we can conclude that Netsuite is good software

developer company and keeps there Customers happy with its
amazing advantages.

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 Report No. 2nd = Fishbowl
inventory
Introduction
Fishbowl is a hybrid manufacturing and warehouse
management solution designed for small and midsize
companies. Fishbowl
is a complete
manufacturing and
inventory management
software that helps
you oversee
production and track
assets. To that end, it
works with multiple
warehouses. Because
of this, one can have
real-time updates
regarding stock levels
of materials in all of your locations. Thus, it ensures that we have
enough supplies and that our equipment and tools are all in
working order. This way, manufacturing always runs smoothly,
making the solution ideal for businesses of any size.

Apart from its manufacturing and asset management modules,

Fishbowl has other components. For example, it has a shipping

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module, which connects us with your shipping partners.
Because of this, it would be easier for you to dispatch
customers’ orders and track them until delivery.

One can also tailor Fishbowl to your processes. It is possible

because it has custom fields in different parts of the interface.
On top of that, the platform accepts custom report requests in
case one cannot find the report you need among over 100
options.
In case we need a sales and payment processing system,
Fishbowl has a checkout offering that gives us retail software
solutions. With this, you can receive payments and process
orders smoothly, as the sales information is sent directly to your
core Fishbowl platform.
Furthermore, Fishbowl integrates with third-party solutions. In
fact, it has seamless integration with QuickBooks and is
recognized as a Gold Developer by Intuit. It also supports
another accounting system, which is Xero. Plus, it can interface
with other kinds of software such as CRM, merchant services,
and payment gateways.

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Objectives of Fishbowl inventory:
• To track the process of inventory of receiving, selling all the
stuff as the company grows up rapidly
• It helps to reduce the inventory organization needs, reduce the
time one spends or recording it the spreadsheet or papers,
packaging and monitoring the inventory for the
manufacturing process.
• To keep all the record of everything aspect which is needed
for the implementation of organization. It helps us to go back
and check the history
• To understand all the operation in the organization with the
means of web and monitoring system .
• To understand what the is order by the customers and have a
proper track . It also helps the organisation for
customizations.
• To avoid the integration of data through spreadsheet and have
all the information on one site
• To get rid of the duplicate entries while recording data and
keep it very accurately and efficiently.
• To have smooth supply in the process of inventory and
storekeeping of the product.
• Reason why Fishbowl inventory developed is to make the
tasks of warehouse management system easy to handle the
inventory in appropriate manner.

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• Fishbowl provide solutions to the organization in many
aspects of business management for catalog, Purchase order ,
shipping management etc.
• To have features like barcoding of the product , RFID ,
Traceability, order entry etc.
• To have a 360 degree view at the organization. Fishbowl
helps the organization to have a full 360 view on the
operations operated in organization.
• It helps with management of prices and Inventory forecasting.
Many Organization find problem with forecasting of
inventory for the implementation to help to have a right
forecast as it won’t make a mess any more with the lack of
inventory.

Purpose of the developed software:

• Expansive Warehouse and Location Visibility: If you have
two, three, or more warehouses and locations, you can keep
up with what is happening in them using Fishbowl. That is
because the solution centralizes inventory tracking. This way,
you can see which storage places have healthy numbers of
stocks from your office. And in case you find that some
locations have low stock levels of any item, you can initiate
the restocking process immediately. As a result, you can keep
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• Real-time Inventory Management: When you need to do in-
depth inventory management, you can count on Fishbowl as
well. With this solution, not only can you track items in your
warehouse, you can also track packages on their way to
customers. Apart from that, Fishbowl helps you organize
products automatically. Thus, you can easily find the
merchandise or part you are searching for. And to streamline
reorder, Fishbowl has a reorder automation configuration.
You can modify this to suit your needs so that the system
sends reorders on your behalf when stocks fall below
acceptable amounts.

• Time Savings with Production Automation: From work

orders and bill of materials (BOM) to production stages,
Fishbowl helps with its automation capabilities. As soon as
you create a work order, it sends it to the next stage of the
work process to move the job along. When it comes to bill of
materials, the platform can produce and accomplish as many
as you need. You can even save a BOM to expedite future
processes.
With regard to the production stages, Fishbowl lets you create
multilevel work orders. You can schedule these to make
certain that your production staff completes them in order.
What’s more, you can assign tasks to workers, holding them
accountable for their responsibilities.

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• Streamlined Order Processing and Shipping: Fishbowl
integrates with shopping carts and various ecommerce
platforms. This sends a customer’s order to the platform for
immediate processing. From there, you can save sales orders,
which would hasten order processing the next time clients
order the same set of items.
When all the items are ready and packed, you can contact
your shipping partner from Fishbowl’s interface. The
application integrates with various shipping solutions, letting
you shorten the time between fulfillment and dispatch.

• Operational Insights: With Fishbowl, you can see who

among your employees are performing best. By identifying
model members of the organization, you can set them up as
benchmarks others have to follow. Thus, they can be
motivated to do their best at work.
Additionally, the warehouse and asset management solution
shows you which of your products are popular among
customers. Once you identify them, you can use this
information to strengthen your marketing strategies.

• Custom Reports: Fishbowl has more than 100 options for

reports, which updates you on the state of your business.
However, if you do not find the exact report that you are
looking for, you can request for a custom one. With this, you
can generate it easily the next time you need particular
information.

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• Seamless QuickBooks Integration: Though Fishbowl is a
standalone software, it is built for tight integration with
QuickBooks. Whether you have a desktop or an online
version, you can synchronize your inventory files with your
accounting records. This means that whatever edits you made
in your inventory, it would reflect on the accounting software
instantly. Because of this, you can save time and be confident
there are no double entries or any other kind of error.

• Synchronization with Other Fishbowl Products: Fishbowl

has additional products that you can add to the core solutions.
These are modules for payroll and time management,
shipping, barcode scanning, POS, barcode scanning, and
server hosting and data security. Additionally, the platform
has a module that provides access to the desktop software
when you are on mobile. When these are integrated, they
further streamline the movement of data between various
business units. For example, the POS solution can send new
orders to the warehouse and manufacturing applications. This
way, can prevent errors in order quantities and units.

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 Methodology
• Secondary data source was used to collect all the
information needed for the project/report.
• Majority of data was collected from web pages and reading
various blogs available on the internet.
• One of the medium for data collection was YouTube too.
• Reading different E-books available on the internet was
another source of data collection.
• Guidelines from the Report Guide was used to reach the
information.
• Information was also added by visiting there main website.
• Discussion with classmates was also one of the method
used to arrange all the information in a systematic way.

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SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
1. Affordability :Most inventory control and management
applications are costly, which makes them unsuitable for small
and medium businesses. Fishbowl doesn’t let money come in
between your business and its growth by offering solutions with
a variety of solutions and at an affordable price.
2. Cost Saving :With Fishbowl, you can minimize human
errors and save money. It will give you an indication when the
inventory levels are low, and a stock renewal is needed.
3.QuickBooks Integration: With the integration of
QuickBooks and Fishbowl, your inventory and accounts will
always be on the same page. It will automatically make an entry
in QuickBooks when you buy/sell a product. It also means that
there are lesser chances of double-entry, which can prove to be
disastrous in some cases.
4.Virtual Training :Fishbowl has realized the current scenario
of COVID-19 and has prepared itself to provide virtual training
sessions. arlier, their priority was to provide their clients with
on-site training on how to use the software. Still, as the market
has changed rapidly, the folks at Fishbowl have started offering
virtual training sessions so that your business doesn’t get
impacted.

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5.Speed Up Tasks :Fishbowl works towards speeding up most
inventory tasks. Specific tasks that consume a lot of time can be
done quickly with Fishbowl. Scanning products with the help of
a barcode scanner means that the job that used to take hours
before will be done in a matter of a few minutes.
Weakness:
1. Lack in Reporting : Reporting side of Fishbowl was more
robust, Home Care Industries is a manufacturer they rely
heavily on making sure raw materials are on hand or on order
to meet customer orders. Having a true MPS or MRP as part
of Fishbowl will be a great enhancement.
2. In stability in support: The support isn’t stable. Depending
on your time zone, you’ll get a different team. Some zones,
depending on the day and time, will pick up your call
immediately and be very knowledgeable and helpful. Others
will take a day to get back to you and you’ll get someone
who’s only been there a few months but will confidently tell
you something as fact and you might find our later they don’t
actually know what they’re talking about.
3. Challenges in using mobile application: We haven’t been
able to make mobile applications work yet for our systems.
We still have challenges with the real time tracking of
inventory between locations with using bar-codes, scanners
and mobile devices.

4. Poor integration with QuickBook: Many of the customers

using Fishbowl Products have reviewed about the poor

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 integration with QuickBooks. The customer find it very
difficulties to handle the information integrated with fishbowl
and QuickBook

Opportunity:
1. Automate Inventory Process now and pay later : Fishbowl
have some fantastic options that allow to start implementing a
better inventory solution now with minimal impact to cash
flow. Fishbowl offer monthly financing options for 12, 24, or
36 months at very low interest rates that reflect your
individual financial circumstances.
2. Auto mate with greater efficiency: Take advantage of
Fishbowl’s inventory experts to consult about specific
business needs. They can help to find where losing cash,
create real efficiencies, reduce human error, and save serious
money. And finally, gain control of your inventory in real-
time.
3. Lifting of heavy data: Fishbowl have extra resources in
place to help get set up with Fishbowl faster than ever. Once
you purchase Fishbowl, one will be assigned an experienced
implementer to help get up and running quickly. They can
even help with data prep so that you don’t have to do the
heavy lifting, speeding up the time it takes to go live with
Fishbowl.

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Threats:
Hack/Loss of data : There is quite possibility of loss of data on
the web. As working on internet there always a possibility of
data hacking . Fishbowl though provides security to there
Customers but there may be threat of losing the data . Nowadays
hacking is the biggest threat one can have due to the web based
system. All the information is web based so it very important to
secure data at a safe place.
Computer Worm: The distinctive trait of a worm is that it can
self-replicate and doesn’t require human interaction to create
copies and spread quickly and in great volume. Most worms are
spread though tricking internet users and are designed to exploit
known security holes in software. Since many employees use
their phones for work-related tasks when they are not within the
perimeter of their corporate firewall, businesses are at a high
risk for potential worms. If a machine is infected, the worm can:
corrupt files, steal sensitive data, install a backdoor giving
cybercriminals access to your computer, or modify system
settings to make your machine more vulnerable.

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Finding and conclusion
• Industries using Fishbowl inventory

1. Third Party logistics 3PL: 3PL Companies need to be

able to manage inventory in multiple locations, consign
items, drop ship and many more. fish bowl is an ideal
solution for them.
2. Aerospace and defence: The US Air Force and other
aerospace and defense industries use fishbowl to track
valuable assets, manufacture complex items and keep data
source secure with the users.
3. Agriculture : Keeping agriculture business growing and
strong made it easier by managing inventory as efficient as
possible. Pitch ball helps letting them track expiry dates,
product life cycle and more.
4. Consumer goods : A good customer experience is
essential to success of business. streaming inventory
management process eliminates unnecessary frictions and
keep customers happy, fishbowl helps them to do the same.

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 5. Retail: Retailer comes in all shape and size, but there are
some inventory management principles and tools to apply
to all of them. Fishbowl helps them growing up.
6. Distribution: Wholesale distribution relay on superior
supply chain management, picking, packing and shipping
to be successful in the market. fish bowl is up to the task
7. Ecommerce: Companies that are looking to manage the
items they sale on their websites will find inventory
management software to be an in de separable tool in their
daily work and fishbowl will help them.

• Companies using Fishbowl : There are n number of

companies using Fishbowl inventory for managing there
inventory. Here are some companies using Fishbowl
inventory.
1. Eloquence: Eloquence is a retail
type of industry who use fishbowl
inventory management. It is a
retailer company who sale types
of furniture in US. Fishbowl
helps them to manipulate there
inventory.

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2. Nedia Enterprise: This is a manufacturing company which
allows fishbowl for there inventory control. Looking at all the
advantages of fishbowl the
purchased fishbowl software to
implement there data in
specialized form.

Additions needed to be done in Fishbowl inventory solutions

are as follows:
• As per the reviewers fishbowl doesn’t include Equipment
rental feature. So at the additions Fishbowl inventory should
also add this feature to run there business at a larger scale
again
• According to the observed data , Fishbowl doesn’t allows iOS
users to use the services of mobile app. So in addition they
should also allow iOS users to use the inventory on the same.
• Users find it difficult when there is time for payment in
organization for different occasions. While providing services
on the mobile app they can think of implementation of QR
code scanner so it will be beneficial for the users to make the
payment more clear.

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Observed software helps various business – small and large
– or different sectors.
• As mentioned above in the type of industries which uses
fishbowl ,it helps many industries to grow and develop and
increase there areas of interest. Fishbowl software helps
various large and small scale business in many ways.
• It helps both the large as well as small organization to track
their inventories and perform various functions.
• Though I has been observed that start-up at a large scale use
fishbowl inventory solution.

Report No. 3 = SAP ( System

Application and Product)

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Introduction:
SAP stands for System Application and product. The
software itself was developed by one of the largest software
companies in the world, SAP (both the company and software
share the same name). Like any other ERP system, SAP has
different modules designed to streamline business processes
within any department at your company, connecting not only
workers but also their ideas.
SAP Software is a European multinational, founded in 1972
by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner, and Tschira.
They develop software solutions for managing business
operations and customer relationships.
SAP system consists of a number of fully integrated modules,
which covers virtually every aspect of business management.
The SAP modules include human resources, finance, sales,
and that’s just to name a few. Depending on your business
needs, one can purchase any module, and would be hard-

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 pressed to find one that does not fit those needs. SAP can
manage practically all departments at your organization,
revolutionizing the way your business is operated.
SAP is #1 in the ERP market. As of 2010, SAP has more
than 140,000 installations worldwide, over 25 industry-
specific business solutions and more than 75,000
customers in 120 countries

Objectives of the software/ company:

SAP is widely used ERP application software that has been
successfully accepted by the industries. Using SAP an
organization can meet their strategic business goals. Most of

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 the manufacturing companies are now trying to implement the
best practices of ERP. The business aims for growth and
profit. To have a sustained growth it is important for the
organization to optimize their operation, reduce cost and to
increase the sale. These are the broad area where companies
focus apart from the below objectives and goals:

1. To increase the company growth rate.

2. To achieve high Return on Investment (ROI).
3. Available of right information on right time for better
decision.
4. To improve business process and operations.
5. Good business communication system.
6. To optimise the operations of the organization.

Purpose of SAP
• To integrate business planning in the organization.

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 • To make implementation easier for finance, manufacturing
and sales.
• To manage the data of business in a systematic way for
further needs.
• To provide security to the system with the advancement of
the technology.
• To give organization a 360 degree view in web based form.
• To implement different methodology for the growth and
development of the organization.
• To plan and execute modules of business with the help of
cost planning, revenue planning, material capacity
planning. Execution of time sheets entries, service entry ,
billing , confirmation, program analysis and many more
things.
• To guide the users with the best solutions for there exact
size and shape.
• To integrate every department of the industry in the same
software.
• To help the organization with excellent customer
relationship management, perfect system of warehouse, to
make the inventory appropriate.
• To ensure each and every stage of operation runs in
excellent manner and thus to achieve the goals and
objectives of the organization.

SWOT ANALYSIS of SAP Software

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Strengths:
Delivering Efficiency in Work: SAP allows all data to be well
integrated with various databases. For this reason, this system is
able to streamline business processes so that companies can
collect data more easily and efficiently.
Increase Productivities: The SAP system can increase
employee productivity because the program is well integrated.
Complete Features: SAP has various analytical features, such
as evaluating performance as well as making decisions. The
availability of features allows this software to meet many
business needs.
Suitable for All Business Dimensions: The SAP system is very
suitable for use in almost all existing business dimensions. This
system provides flexibility for company growth, including small
and medium enterprises.
There is integration with E-Commerce: In today's digital era,
e-commerce plays a very important role. The existence of a
system that can be integrated with e-commerce will obviously
be very helpful for e-commerce businesses.
The existence of a module that makes work easier: There are
various modules that make up the SAP system. Each of these
modules has different functions in the same system. These
modules share information so that this can facilitate business
managerial obligations.
Consistent: The SAP system always prioritizes consistency,
both in the same division and in opposite divisions.

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Data Cannot Be Replicated: Data stored in the SAP system
cannot be duplicated. This of course can ensure the
confidentiality of important data owned by the company.
Implementing Standardization: Every business process
recorded in this system will be standardized. Thus, the company
will have good standardization.

Weakness:
Although it has several shortcomings, this system also has
several disadvantages, including:

Relatively Expensive: The use of SAP requires relatively large

funds. In addition, the maintenance and upgrade costs are quite
large.
Demanding High Quality Human Resources: This system
requires qualified human resources to enter data precisely and
with timeliness. This makes the company have to spend more to
pay for the salaries of qualified human resources.
Quite Complicated to Use: SAP systems tend to have
complexities that make them quite complicated when used by
beginners.

Opportunity:

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Automation: There are huge amount of opportunity available
for the SAP users with the help of automation. Automatic work
of records of data , record of finance, planning of schedules,
billing, etc. can be beneficial for the users.
Rapid growth: One of the best opportunity which SAP have
provided there users is the rapidly growing of the organization.
With the help of advanced features, technology, products it is
became the utmost opportunity for the users in various fields of
industry.
Security: Security can also be called as one of the biggest
opportunity for the users of Sap. Best security features are
provided by SAP for the customers who use it. Understanding
the Threat of hacking and loss of data SAP provide excellent
security to the users.

Threats:
Open access to controlled information : A security threat that
does happen can get out of hand if information isn’t securely
controlled. If everyone in organization has access to all the data,
then it not only gives hackers multiple points of entry, but it
means that hacking the device of a lower-level employee could
grant them access to top-level members of your organization.

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Finding and conclusion

Use of the software:

SAP: ERP Leader Since the Industry’s Beginning

It is estimated that roughly 77 percent of all global
transactions come in contact with SAP software. There’s
a reason for this: SAP not only helped invent the ERP
space, starting with an integrated accounting solution in
1973 and leading the industry as it grew into what it is

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today. It also is the largest ERP vendor and the 12th
largest technology company in the world, used by more
than 404,000 businesses across 180 different countries.

Most large businesses use SAP or its closest competitor,

Oracle, and SMBs also rely on SAP software; 80 percent
of SAP’s customer base is made up of small to medium-
sized businesses (SMBs), a surprising number given the
company’s reputation for powering some of the world’s
largest multinationals.

SAP certainly serves big business. But over the years, the
company has developed distinct product lines that serve
each segment of the market. There’s SAP Business One
for smaller firms, SAP Business ByDesign for growing
medium-sized businesses, and the company’s flagship
SAP HANA for larger enterprise customers.

Much of the underlying technology is the same, but each

SAP product line is full-featured and built from the
ground up for its intended market. A multinational has
different needs than a 10-employee business, and vice
versa. So, SAP has built appropriate solutions for each.

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 • Small Firms that Use SAP Business One

SAP Business One

SAP Business One is the company’s complete ERP
solution for small to medium-sized businesses, and it
handles everything from accounting and financials to
operations, sales and customer service.

More than 60,000 businesses use SAP Business One, with

most having between 10 and 200 employees and between
$1 million and $50 million in annual revenue.
Subsidiaries of larger organizations also use the solution
frequently. Industries that lean heavily on SAP Business
One include manufacturers, technical fields and business
services. SAP Business One also is used frequently by
retail, energy and waste management, healthcare,

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construction, transportation and telecommunications
firms.

➢ Mini Melts, Inc. a Connecticut-based, world leader in

cryogenic pelletization. MiniMelts provides the leading
machines bringing cryogenic ice cream to tens of
millions of satisfied customers in more than 40
countries. They have truly revolutionized the world of
gourmet frozen desserts.

➢ Plascore Inc., a Michigan-based OEM manufacturer of

metal and plastic honeycomb cores for the automotive,
electronic and pharmaceutical industries with annual
revenue of roughly $26 million, uses SAP Business
One for managing it manufacturing operations in real-
time and handling supplier and customer relationships.

➢ For David Leadbetter Golf, a Florida-based golf

coaching and product company with annual revenue of
roughly $6.2 million, the biggest use for SAP Business
One is getting real-time insight into what its instructors
and 31 employees are doing for better overall
utilization. The company also uses Business One for
more precise inventory control.

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➢ On the larger end of the SMB spectrum, California-
based jewellery company, QALO, which grew from
$29.4 million in revenue in 2017 to more than $100
million by the end of 2018, uses SAP Business One for
coordinating with its more than 500 retail partners. It
centralizes all its daily operations using the system, as
well as automating its more than 1,500 daily orders.

• Medium-Sized Firms that Use SAP Business

ByDesign

SAP_Business_ByDesign-1
SAP Business ByDesign is SAP’s mid-market solution
for fast-growing businesses. It is an entirely cloud-based
ERP system, unlike SAP Business One that is available
both on-premise and in the cloud. SAP Business

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ByDesign also includes more than 255 integrations out
of the box, and it scales better for businesses that are
rapidly moving from SMB to larger enterprise.

That’s not to say that small businesses don’t also use SAP
Business ByDesign. While the largest group of users are
businesses with between 50-200 employees and between
$25 million and $250 million in annual revenue,
businesses with between $1 million and $10 million in
annual revenue and 10-49 employees are almost equally
represented. Manufacturing, Life Science, Distribution,
Technical and Business Services are the top industries
that use SAP Business ByDesign, but healthcare, energy,
education, telecommunications, finance and retail also
heavily use it.

➢ One example is Skullcandy, a Utah-based audio

electronics maker for the snow and skateboard market
with annual revenue of roughly $266.3 million. The
company uses SAP Business ByDesign for managing
inventory and sharing data with big box retailers,
handling compliance issues around being both publicly
and privately funded, and for scaling operations fast
without system disruptions.

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 ➢ Another example is Rothy’s, a maker of 3D-knit,
sustainable shoes. In just three years, the start-up has
gone from an idea and a small stall in San
Francisco’s Ferry Building to pulling in $140 million
in annual revenue. They believe that beautiful,
sustainable style is the way of the future.

A much smaller firm that also relies on SAP Business

ByDesign is CeloNova BioSciences, a Texas-based
medical devices firm that manufactures cardiology and
endovascular products and has annual revenue of roughly
$3 million. The firm uses SAP Business ByDesign to
manage its complex supply chain, meet stringent FDA
regulatory requirements, and simplify both operations
and financial management.

For Virginia-based Aurora Flight Sciences, a developer of

autonomous systems for aviation with annual revenue of
more than $100 million, SAP Business ByDesign helps
the company manage government contracts and costing,
work with multiple currencies and suppliers around the
world, and track operations in a fast-changing
environment.

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 • Large Enterprises that Use SAP HANA

Then there is SAP HANA, the flagship ERP offering from

SAP that powers some of the world’s largest companies.
SAP HANA is used on premise, in the cloud, or as a
hybrid option for companies that want to mix cloud and
on-premise systems.

Companies with annual revenue of $1 billion or more are

the biggest users of SAP HANA, although companies of
all sizes use the solution, including thousands of firms
with annual revenue of less than $50 million. But larger
enterprises comprise the bulk of SAP HANA customers,
firms with more than 1,000 employees.

The list of businesses that use SAP HANA is long and

distinguished.

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➢ The British multinational oil and gas company, BP,
based in London and with annual revenue or roughly
$222.8 billion, runs its vast drilling, refining and
distribution network using SAP HANA for everything
from managing logistics to tracking oil and gas futures.

➢ For Coca-Cola, headquartered in Atlanta and with

annual revenue of roughly 35.41 billion, SAP HANA
enables the company to manage manufacturing, sales
and distribution across much of the world, in addition to
overseeing employees and its vast supplier network in
real-time.

➢ Then there is 3M, the multinational manufacturer from

Minneapolis with annual revenue of roughly $31.66
billion. The company uses SAP HANA to oversee the
manufacture and distribution of more 55,000 different
products across 65 different countries.
Other well known firms that use SAP HANA include
ConAgra, BASF North America, Audi AG, Burger
King and Citrix, among many others.

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These are just a few of the hundreds of thousands of
companies that power their businesses with SAP
enterprise resource planning software.
Firms that choose SAP for their ERP backbone are going
with a vendor that helped invent the ERP space, and one
that still leads the industry. They also are in good
company.

Strengths of developed software:

• Full range of business intelligence-related products
While not surprising for an old, established company like SAP,
it has to be considered a pro. SAP offers all required
technological units to leverage a data platform and reporting
tools at your company. There are a couple of options for each
product, so depending on your needs you may deploy on an
actual server or use the cloud. Cloud, on premise, and hybrid
deployment options are valid for nearly the entire product line
both in Analytics solutions and Database solutions.
• Seamless graphical user interface
SAP Business Intelligence provides a bunch of good instruments
with intuitive user interface. While it may require some time and
skill to learn how to use it (pretty much like any BI tool), SAP
user interface happens to be easy to understand. On top of that,
with accessing all the instruments from a single web-based

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interface, it’s much easier to conduct onboarding for your
business users.
• Sharing functions and Microsoft Office compatibility
Having the access to data is not enough. The real value of
reports and insights you get from using business intelligence
comes with sharing this knowledge. So, there are two cool
things about it:
Nearly all the reporting or dashboarding instruments on SAP
Analytics solutions are armed with sharing functions. This
guarantees your employees or executives can easily share
valuable insights with each other. When we speak about
reporting, these can be reports in the textual format, visual
storytelling, or shared access to the constructed dashboards.
It’s also possible to upload the data into Excel or Spreadsheets
documents and share across organization the “traditional” way.
But if your primary concern is data security, you can provide
rules and permission either via database SQL permissions or
data management tools.

• Self-service tools availability for wider user audience:

Working with data requires a lot of data-specific knowledge and
engineering skills. While the main function of BI tools is to
automate the process of dragging data from a large storage and
introducing it to a user, sometimes they need the support of a
human agent. This job is often done by BI developers, ETL
developers, or a dedicated IT department.

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SAP BI offers a number of self-service instruments
(BusinessObjects, Lumira) that provide a toolset for casual users
to cope with data. It doesn’t mean that your BI users won’t need
any help, but it will definitely reduce maintenance costs and
time spent on reporting-related tasks.

• SAP HANA real-time database and performance:

Considering all the aspects of SAP BI products, we should
mention the HANA database. The database provides real-time
data access, which guarantees quick processing of large amounts
of data and small response time. HANA database is also
compatible with different database management systems. That
makes data integration a lot easier within the whole
organization.

• Data Source Integrations:

We’ve mentioned the wide integration list with external sources,
but it deserves to be a separate point. SAP offers integration
with two of its own data storages (SAP HANA and Data
Warehouse). But it also covers external services such as Apache
Hadoop, Hive, and Hbase. This can be especially beneficial
when working with big data and using a BI interface as a data
exploration tool.

• Flexibility:

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Most of SAP’s BI products are cloud-based, which are pretty
easy to integrate with and use. However, SAP also offers options
in deployment type for almost each of their products. Depending
on your preferences, it allows you to get a bit of flexibility in
terms of deployment, hardware maintenance, and system
management.

CONCLUSION:
SAP Business One is a considerably and powerful
ERP system that offers most of the functionality
that small- and mid-sized wholesale distributors
& manufacturers require. For distributors, it
enables to better serve the customers’ and
suppliers’ demand as well as for manufacturers it
can lead to leaner manufacturing processes.
However, it’s perspective is more focused on the
day-to-day operational business and not on more
far-reaching time frames and long-term
planning.

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Report No. 4 = SAGE a
software company

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Introduction:

Who Are Sage?

In 1981, Sage founder David Goldman wanted to automate the
accounting processes in his own print business, create quotes
quickly and keep track of his accounts.
So with the help of Newcastle University students and Dr Paul
Muller, a computer expert who worked with NASA, Sage was
born.

Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sage is a British multinational

enterprise software company and today is the second largest
technology company in the UK.

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Not only this, but it is the world’s third-largest supplier of
enterprise resource planning software and the leading supplier to
small businesses!

Offering accounting, customer relationship management (CRM),

human resource management, inventory management assets,
construction, real estate, enterprise systems and more, Sage has
grown to become a household name in just a few decades.

Objectives and purpose of the software:

• To targets the professional user, typically an accountant or
book-keeper who understands compliance and wants rich
functionality to help drive efficiencies and gain more insight
into their business.
• To build a closer relationship with customers, Sage can cross-
sell, up-sell and migrate customers to the latest version of
their software
• To help the organization with accounting, customer
relationship management and with many more dimensions of
business.
• To enable the organization to introduce with different
modules of the software and utilizes according to the need.
• To explore there users with the new trends in the compititive
market.

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• To support different types of organization with excellent
services for the development.
• To transform the way people think and work so their
organisations can thrive.

SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths:
• Cloud-based so no downloads or installation required.
• Offers a free trial or demo before buying.
• Provides a very in-depth reporting function (e.g. monthly,
quarterly, and annual financial reports such as balance sheets,
income statements, and cash flow statements. It can also
produce comparison financial statements comparing two
different time periods).
• Provides a very strong inventory reporting function.
• Offers multiple customisation opportunities (e.g. an
organization can customize the information that it collects
from customers, vendors, and employees. Other features
include being able to create an Accounts Receivable invoice
or an Accounts Payable invoice to use 90% of the time, being
able to alter the A/R and/or A/P invoice for a specific
customer or vendor when it is required, and you can create
levels of security for individuals in an organization).
• Offers capabilities for budgeting or cash flow forecasting, job
costing, auditing, and automated workflows, as well as
industry-specific features.

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• Users can access their accounting data in one dashboard and it
is easy to switch between multiple companies.
• Can run multiple reports and link your credit cards and bank
accounts with the software.
• Can make and reconcile invoices on the go using your mobile
devices.
• Easy integration with third-party apps and plugins.
• Helpful information to guide you on how to use Sage
Business Cloud Accounting is available on their website.
• Can be accessed from any device with an active Internet
connection
• Saves your time and money.

Weakness:
• Very difficult and time-consuming to set up. Each business
needs to find a Sage expert to get the most out of the
programme.
• Not easy to use so staff will need training. Users that are not
accountants tend to have a hard time navigating the system.
• A lot of the features are over-complicated.
• The homepage can become cluttered, making the system seem
imposing, if not customised.
• Lack of Efficiency when it comes to Journal Entry.
• Security concerns as financial data are stored within the
cloud.

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• Costly and geared towards larger businesses.
• Lack of documentation and supported.
• Poor customer service (takes time and can be met with
unhelpful advisors.

Opportunity:
Opportunity for the job searchers :
With multiple offices spread across the country, Sage Ltd
provide employees with countless opportunities to travel and
work closely with our business partners, clients and affiliates.
Get hands-on experience across various technology and
platforms enabling them to stay updated with evolving
technology.
Opportunity for the users:
Adding to the new technologies in Sage software user’s will be
benefited cross various new technologies which the system
provides to the users. Sage always have upgradation in the
modules and thus there are huge amount of opportunities
available for the users of Sage .
Other opportunities:
Strategic Acquisition
Growing Demand for HR software and cloud solutions
Growing Demand for Business Intelligence softwar

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 Threats: Hacking of the data and lose of the data can be a
threat for the users who use Sage software. Economic
slowdown in US, which is major customer base region
Security breach.

Finding and conclusion

Where is the software used ?
Before, Sage had 12,000 employees and serves over two million
customers in over 20 countries across Europe, Africa, Australia,
Asia and Latin America. Today with over 6 million customers
spanning 24 countries worldwide, the popularity of Sage
Software is clear to see.
Whether it be a start-up or large multinational, Sage Software is
used by all different sizes of businesses and its flexibility is a
key factor.
Since 2018, Sage’s cloud products, including Accounting
(formerly Sage One), Payroll, Financials (formerly Sage Live),
Enterprise Management (formerly X3), Sage Intacct, People and
Payments were renamed and now fall under the umbrella of
Sage Business Cloud.

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Sage is available in a multitude of countries and naturally the
products vary and can be specifically tailored for each region’s
differing legislation regarding accounting, payroll and taxation.

Sage’s regional product ranges include, but are not limited to,
Sage 50cloud Accounts (UK), Sage 50 Accounting, Sage
50cloud Payroll, Sage 100, Sage 200cloud and Sage CRM.

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Strengths of developed software:
• Low risk and short time-to-implement.
• Information from within the application and integrated ERP
systems can be displayed in real time through dashboards.
• Businesses are provided with both hosted and on-premises
deployment models, plus users can easily migrate from one
model to the other.
• The ability to easily turn a lead into an opportunity and then
into a quote and a sale order, which is very helpful for sales
process.

Here is one of the picture of Sage software. One can have a

look towards the software display as below.

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 Google form
Given below is the link of the Google form wherein
it consists of questionnaire to be asked to a
shopkeeper in locality for the purpose to gain
knowledge about the various factors needed for a
start up.
Visit the Google form by clicking on the link

https://forms.gle/FQc
Yei45kZ3rJFpr5

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 Conclusion of the Project
I am thankful to Dr. Kalpana Vaidya
Ma’am for such a great project. I can
conclude hereby that it was pleasure to have
this project. Knowledge about various
software companies across the globe was
core to the project which helped me in
expanding my professional knowledge
which will help me further in Future to
enhance my skills. It was a great experience
doing this project. Thank you!!

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 Certificate
This is to certify that SY BBA IB
student Harshada Jathar present the
project on Warehouse Project (
Software) .This project is completed
under the guidance of Dr. Kalpana
Vaidya and Principal Dr. Devidas
Golhar this information will be used for
educational purpose.

Date- 20/5/21
Place- Pune

Under the guidance of ,

Dr. Kalpana Vaiday

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